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5,127 works

Faint pencil sketch of a fortress with towers on a hill, drawn on blue-grey paper with a small stamp in the corner.

Sketch of Fortress on Hill

Attributed to Richard Wilson, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of two costumed figures, one in a turban and one in a plumed helmet, standing in a dense forest clearing.

Scene from Opera

Attributed to John Martin, n.d.

Pencil landscape drawing with tall trees on the left, a small figure on a path, and a distant hilltop castle.

Arcadian Landscape

Possibly Sir George Howland Beaumont, 1805

Pencil sketch of a man in a bowler hat performing a three card trick over an open umbrella.

Three Card Trick, Epsom

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pencil sketch of an umbrella pine on the left with a open landscape, low buildings and shrubs stretching to the right.

Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pine in Foreground

Richard Wilson, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a slouching man in a top hat and long overcoat, with handwritten dialect caption above.

The Modern Troubadour

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a grotesque mask rocaille fountain in rockwork with foliage, beside a pediment and balustrade.

'Il Mascherone,' a Rocaille Fountain on the Grounds of the Villa Borghese

Richard Wilson, c. 1754

The Man in the Street

Philipp William May, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of a sailor in a short jacket gripping the arm of a gentleman in a curled wig and long coat.

Sailor and Gentleman

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pencil and grey-blue wash sketch of rolling hills and a small building under a pale sky, mounted in a layered frame.

Hilly Landscape

Attributed to Richard Wilson, n.d.

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a river landscape with a bridge, grazing cattle, and a large tree on the right.

Banks of the River Dee near Eaton Hall, Cheshire

Richard Wilson, c. 1759

Pencil sketch of a mustached man in a flat hat playing guitar, with the handwritten caption 'the modern troubadour'.

Drunken Man

Philipp William May, n.d.

British Seaman on Shoreleave

Philipp William May, n.d.

Shawled London Character

Philipp William May, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of an Italianate landscape with bathers by a river, trees, and classical buildings on the far bank.

Italianate Landscape with Bathers

Possibly Richard Wilson, n.d.

Pencil sheet of caricature sketches of men in top hats and frock coats, a stout man, a woman in a hat, and heads.

Caricatures of Gentlemen

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pencil drawing with red chalk of a shepherd boy resting in woods beside lambs and a standing sheep.

Shepherd Boy with Lambs in Woods

George Morland, n.d.

Pencil sketch of Rome's skyline with the dome of Saint Peter's rising above distant buildings and trees.

View of Saint Peter's from the Palace of the Caesars, with Circus Maximus Below

Richard Wilson, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a woman in a bonnet washing clothes at a wooden tub, with a kneeling figure beside her and a lattice trellis

Woman Washing Clothes

George Morland, n.d.

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a rocky landscape with trees, a ruined column and a small standing figure.

Rocky Landscape with Standing Figure

Attributed to Richard Wilson, n.d.

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of ruins in a mountainous landscape with rocky hills, mounted in a multi-line border.

Ruins in a Mountainous Country

Attributed to Richard Wilson, n.d.

Pencil sketch of three men, one holding a dog and one kneeling beside a dog, with a faint head study at right.

Three Men with Dogs

After George Morland, n.d.

Pencil and wash drawing of a rocky grotto interior with classical statues, a stone bench, and an arched cavern ceiling.

Interior of a Grotto

Possibly Richard Wilson, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior seated on rocks, leaning on a spear in a shadowy cave setting.

Helmeted Warrior

John Hamilton Mortimer, n.d.

Pencil sketch of two men, one curly-haired and smiling, pointing at a lottery slip, with a caption below.

Joy with Tranquility

George Woodward, n.d.

Pencil sketch of two bearded male faces with curly hair and hands holding a small object, titled Veneration.

Veneration

George Woodward, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a turbaned soldier with spear and shield kneeling by a stone wall, attributed to James Durno.

A Turkish Soldier

Attributed to James Durno, n.d.

Anger

George Woodward, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a screaming man with wild hair beside a faint skull-like ghost face on pale paper.

Terror or Fright

George Woodward, n.d.

Pen and brown wash architectural drawing of a domed lantern with cross finial, cut away to show interior structure.

Lantern of Cupola, St. Peter's, Rome

Christopher Wren, n.d.